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Section 230 Protects Newspaper’s Removal of User Comments–Affleck v. Harvard Crimson

Eric Goldman

The court issues him a chastising warning against using unauthorized pseudonyms. In this case, Affleck posted 38 comments on Harvard Crimson articles, using 2 different names (not specified by the court). The court implies that perhaps Affleck’s comments were anti-Zionist? ” Cites to Duffer , Spreadbury v.

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Staying Compliant in U.S. Investigations: How to Protect Privacy Without Losing Momentum 

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Even if an employer owns the device, collecting browser history, app usage, or personal messages can trigger violations of the Stored Communications Act (SCA), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), and other federal laws. Traceability, not just policy, is what regulators and courts increasingly expect.

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Building a Digital Future: Is America Ready for a Federal Digital Bill of Rights?

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

Building a Digital Future: Is America Ready for a Federal Digital Bill of Rights? By: Evan Lees In 2014, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Riley v. But could the FDBR be effectively replicated as a federal statute? The topic of adopting a federal digital bill of rights has been a controversial one for over a decade.

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Legal Framework: Trump’s use of the California National Guard is illegal and unconstitutional–

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The Insurrection Act is an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, allowing the president to deploy federal troops to “ suppress rebellion” whenever “unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion” make it “impracticable” to enforce federal law in that state by the “ordinary course of judicial proceedings.”

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Balancing Rights and Public Health: Addressing America’s Gun Violence Crisis

The Barrister

7 Within years of the advisory, cigarette sales declined significantly, largely due to the new regulations and laws implemented to combat the crisis. 8 Just one year after the advisory, Congress passed the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965, which had a substantial effect on reducing the number of smokers.

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It Turns Out You Can’t “Sue the CDA”–Fyk v. US

Eric Goldman

This article gives some background on Fyk’s story). His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The Supreme Court denied cert. Thereafter, he tried to vacate the district court decision, which triggered a new cycle of rejection by the district court, the 9th Circuit, and the Supreme Court.

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CJEU rules on DPO conflicts of interest under the GDPR

Technology Law Dispatch

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“ CJEU ”) issued a judgment on the 9 th of February 2023 (docket no. C-453/21) , which addresses the question of the dismissal of a Data Protection Officer (“ DPO ”) and the interpretation of Article 38 of the EU GDPR. Question 4 – What amounts to a conflict of interest?